Encyclopedia of Family Medicine

Chapter 27: Essentials in the Family Medicine Cabinet (4)
Sunflower seeds are rich in fat, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins A, E, B1, B2 and essential calcium, phosphorus, iron and other inorganic salts. Essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid, linolenic acid, and arachidonic acid, have special effects on the physiological functions of the human body.Sunflower seeds are very rich in vitamin E. Eating a handful of sunflower seeds every day can provide twice the amount of vitamins the human body needs in a day.Sunflower seeds can stabilize emotions, can treat depression, neurasthenia and various psychogenic diseases, and can also enhance people's memory. The unsaturated fatty acids contained in sunflower seeds can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood and reduce cholesterol. It has certain curative effect on high blood pressure and heart disease.

3.peanut

Fried peanuts have the functions of strengthening the stomach, nourishing the spleen, smoothing the intestines, moisturizing dryness, nourishing qi and promoting blood circulation.Boiled peanuts in salt water have the function of nourishing the lungs.Rock candy peanuts, suitable for children with chronic cough or whooping cough.Lactating women eat peanuts and boiled pig feet to enrich milk.Patients with arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease can soften blood vessels by eating a few grains of vinegar soaked peanuts every morning.

Taking raw peanut kernels on an empty stomach before meals, about 12 capsules each time, 3 times a day, one week for mild cases and two weeks for severe cases, can significantly reduce gastric acid in patients, and relieve or disappear clinical symptoms.After eating peanut kernels, they are stirred into a paste by gastric peristalsis, and the oil stains adhere to the gastric mucosa, which can prevent the spread of gastric mucosal inflammation, reduce gastric acid secretion, and achieve the purpose of treating gastritis and mild ulcers; Thrombocytopenia.

Meat, fish, eggs for medicinal purposes
1. Lamb
Mutton warms up the deficiency, nourishes the liver, improves eyesight, invigorates the spleen and stomach, invigorates the lungs and helps qi, resolves phlegm and stops asthma, and can prevent and treat various diseases.

Stewed mutton with peas can cure chronic stomach problems, and it is suitable for deficiency and cold types.

1 kg of mutton with dried ginger, ginseng and boiled in water, taken every other day, can cure stomach and spleen deficiency and cold, nausea and vomiting, cold accumulation in the intestines, abdominal pain, loose stools, cold body and other diseases.

Mutton with wolfberry and tangerine peel boiled and taken can nourish lung qi, and can cure lung qi cough, chest tightness, phlegm, thirst, and excessive urination.

Eating mutton often in winter can increase a lot of digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall, repair the gastric mucosa, and have the effect of anti-aging and preventing premature aging.Eating mutton often can supplement the deficiency of calcium, phosphorus and iron.

2.medicinal properties of fish
Carp: It can release water vapor, diuresis, and reduce swelling.It has obvious curative effect on chronic nephritis, women's irregular menstruation, postpartum milk shortage, and general weakness.

Grass carp: It can warm the stomach and harmonize the heart, benefit eyes and improve eyesight. Apply a small amount of bile and salt to treat water and fire burns.

Crucian carp: Harmonizes and invigorates qi, can treat edema, weak spleen and stomach, and can also be used to promote lactation.

Rice field eel: Meat has the effect of nourishing the middle and nourishing qi, and can cure cough due to deficiency.

Eel: The meat can nourish and strengthen the body, and has the effect of dispelling wind and killing insects.

Loach: It has the effects of adjusting the middle and benefiting qi, quenching thirst and sobering up, and diuretic.

Yellow croaker: It is a nutritional product for infants, post-operative patients, tuberculosis patients and the weak; fish maw has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, nourishing the kidney, moistening the spleen, nourishing qi, and reducing inflammation; effect.

Hairtail: It has the effect of promoting lactation and can improve the symptoms of hepatitis.

Flounder (half eye): It has the effects of anti-inflammatory and detoxification, and nourishing the spleen and stomach.

Horse-faced fish: It can treat stomach problems, mastitis, gastrointestinal bleeding and other diseases.

3.egg

Egg oil has astringent sterilization and promotes wound healing.Production method: Take 3~5 eggs, boil them, take out the egg yolks, stir-fry with slow heat, each egg yolk can get 3~5 ml of egg oil.It can cure oral ulcers and burns. It can be applied directly on the wound surface, and the effect can be seen after several times of use.When treating head sores, eczema and scrotal itching in children, an equal amount of sesame oil and an appropriate amount of cornstarch should be added.Apply externally, twice a day, for 3 to 5 days to heal.

Detoxification and bactericidal effect of egg white.If you accidentally take Lysol, strong acid, strong alkali and other corrosive poisons that are not suitable for gastric lavage, you can take the egg white of 1-2 eggs immediately, once every 15 minutes, take it repeatedly, and then take laxatives; For costal gland inflammation, you can add egg whites to flour, or add cornstarch and adzuki bean powder to reconcile and apply externally, and change the dressing every 1 to 1 times.

Applying egg skin film to burn or ulcer wounds can prevent infection and promote healing; to treat chronic asthmatic bronchitis, use egg white skin plus equal parts ephedra and aster powder, twice a day, 1 gram each time, and the effect can be seen in a few days; Ringworm not only blisters and peels, but also cracks and festers between the toes. To prevent infection, you can break a fresh egg, carefully tear off the egg membrane that covers the shell, stick it on the affected area after washing, and keep it overnight.Paste 3~5 times continuously to heal.If you can wash and soak in rice washing water for a few minutes before applying the egg film, the effect will be better.

The main component of egg shells is calcium carbonate, which has anti-acid and adsorption effects, and it also has a stimulating effect when used locally; to treat alopecia: take a few egg shells, fry them into powder, blend them with vegetable oil, and apply them externally, two or three times a day; Acid reflux and belching: 3 grams of eggshell powder, 10 ml of rice wine, three times a day, before meals; for hyperphosphatemia in uremia, 2 grams of eggshell powder, half an hour before meals, three times a day, effective within 2 weeks.

Whole eggs can treat women with increased leucorrhea.According to the ratio of 5 pieces of mugwort leaves, 10 ml of rice wine, and one egg, boil the egg, take one a day, and the effect will be effective in 1 to 2 months; for high blood pressure: take one raw egg, soak it in 150 ml of vinegar, soak it for 3 days, make the egg The shell is dissolved in vinegar, and then the egg yolk is dissolved in the vinegar after stirring, and it can be taken every 2 to 3 hours.Drink 30ml on an empty stomach every morning and finish it on the 5th. This therapy is also known as "vinegar egg therapy". In addition to treating high blood pressure, vinegar egg can also treat chronic diarrhea, enhance cell function, prevent cell aging, and eliminate facial blackness. Cosmetic effect of spots; treatment of infant diarrhea: one boiled egg, peel the shell by heat, cut horizontally, remove the yellow, take a thumb-sized ginger slice and cover it on the navel, cover the ginger slice and navel with half egg white, cover the ginger slice and navel with a towel. Tie it tightly, remove it every day and night, and it can be cured 2~3 times; for acute nephritis: 7 white peppers, one fresh egg, first drill a small hole in the egg, and then eat the white pepper together, two per day for adults, two per day for children One a day, 10 days as a course of treatment, and then take the second course of treatment every 3 days, 3 courses of treatment can be effective; for gastric cancer: one egg, one gram of spotted egg, and the rest are the same as the above method; dry skin anti-wrinkle: fresh egg shelled, Add honey.After mixing, apply on face wrinkles for 10 to 15 minutes, rinse with water after drying, and then rub corn oil for several times.

In addition to the rich nutrients protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus and iron needed by the human body, egg flower soup also contains a large amount of phospholipids - lecithin and cephalin.This phospholipid can form a thin water layer on the surface of the gastric mucosa, which has a strong protective effect on the mucosa of the body and a defense against the invasion of harmful factors.Egg flower soup is a soft liquid food, which is very easy to digest and absorb by the stomach, which can greatly reduce the burden on the stomach, and is conducive to the rest of the stomach and the healing of ulcers.

food medicinal
1.corn

Corn is rich in calcium, which can lower blood pressure.Scientists found that corn fat contains linoleic acid, sitosterol, lecithin and vitamin E, etc., which can lower serum cholesterol, prevent hypertension, coronary heart disease, cell aging and brain function decline.Corn is also rich in cellulose, which can be combined with bile acids in the human body to be excreted, thereby reducing the synthesis of cholesterol and preventing arteriosclerosis.Corn also has an anti-cancer effect. The coarsely ground cornmeal contains a large amount of lysine and "glutathione" factors, which have a significant effect on the treatment of cancer.

2.green beans

Mung bean contains a lot of vitamins A1, B1, B2 and niacin, as well as starch, fat, protein and minerals such as iron and phosphorus. Its nature is sweet, cold and non-toxic, and it has the effects of diuresis, swelling, heat dissipation and detoxification.

When children suffer from prickly heat and itching in summer, fried mung beans and fresh lotus leaf water can relieve itching.For acute food poisoning, it is advisable to take appropriate amount of mung beans, soak them in water, grind them to remove slag, get juice, and feed them in large quantities to detoxify; decoct an appropriate amount of mung beans in water and add sugar as a drink to prevent heatstroke.

3.rice soup

Rich in nutrition, rice soup is not only an ideal drink for babies, but also can be used to treat nocturia.Prepare a bowl of rice soup every morning, take the rice soup paste on the surface after cooling, add sugar or salt to take, it can cure diseases and keep fit.

Seasoning and medicinal
1.green onions

Green onions contain vitamins and allicin, which kills germs, and has a killing effect on Shigella, Staphylococcus, and skin fungi.Can be used for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal infectious diseases.When you have a cold, a headache, or a stuffy nose, boil water with a few scallions and a few slices of ginger, drink it while it's hot, and sweat it, it can be cured.Folk commonly used three-root soup (green onion root, cabbage root, radish root boiled water) to prevent and treat colds.Onions also have the effect of strengthening the stomach and helping to digest food.When local redness and swelling are caused by bruises, wash with a few green onions and smash them, and apply them to the red and swollen areas to reduce swelling and relieve pain.Onion contains prostaglandin A, which can relax small blood vessels, promote blood circulation, and help prevent high blood pressure.

2. Garlic
Garlic contains a strong bactericidal allicin, which has a killing effect on Shigella, diphtheria, pyogenes, etc.In spring and autumn, eating a few raw garlic every day can prevent dysentery and enteritis.In winter and spring, garlic soaked in vinegar can prevent meningitis.Mash garlic and add 10 times of water, point your nose, it can prevent influenza.If you "reverse your teeth" after eating too sour food, eat a few cloves of garlic right away, and it will be fine in a few minutes.If you are bitten by a centipede, smash garlic and apply it to the affected area to reduce swelling and pain.When frostbite just started in winter, boil and wash with garlic stalks and some red peppers, it can also be cured.

Garlic can also treat skin cancer: Garlic contains a chemical that can fight colon cancer. Adding garlic juice to white blood cells can enhance the anti-cancer ability of white blood cells by as much as 100 times.In the United States, a man named Kirby Allen suffered from skin cancer. He smashed garlic, spread it on gauze and wrapped it on the affected area. After one day, the affected area flowed out and gave off an unpleasant smell. After two or three days, the skin began to start. For scarring, change the garlic 10 times within 4 days. The scar will be fine, and then wrap it with garlic for a week, and the affected area will heal. It can be seen that garlic has a miraculous effect on skin cancer. To prevent lead poisoning, printing workers have been in contact with lead for many years, and it is easy to Lead poisoning, such as eating a lot of garlic at ordinary times, can achieve good control effect.

3.ginger

Treatment of alopecia areata (ghost shaved head): Wipe the hair loss area with fresh ginger slices, 2 to 3 times a day, and new hair will grow after 3 to 4 weeks of continuous rubbing.

Treatment of red and white dysentery: Take 9 grams of ginger, 9 grams of green tea, add water to a bowl, and take it while it is hot.

Cure cold and cold: Slice 30 grams of ginger, add appropriate amount of brown sugar to decoct water, and take it while it is hot.

Fish and crab poisoning: Take 30 grams each of ginger and perilla leaves, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and decoct them in water, twice a day.

Treatment of vomiting: Wash 90 grams of ginger, smash it, twist to get its juice, take 5-10 drops each time, and take it with boiling water.

Treatment of frostbite: Smash the ginger and squeeze the juice, heat the juice into a paste, apply it on the frostbite, and it will be effective after a few times.

Swelling and pain relief: Sprains, cold and damp back pain, joint swelling and pain, use ginger juice, taro puree and a small amount of flour to make a paste, apply to the affected area, and bandage, twice a day, it can reduce swelling and relieve pain.

Prevention and treatment of cholelithiasis: Eating ginger or ginger food often can reduce the mucin content in bile and enhance the choleretic function.This is because the formation of gallstones is caused by the release of excess prostaglandins from the lesions of the gallbladder mucosa, resulting in an increase in the mucin content of bile, and the spicy ingredients in ginger have the effect of inhibiting the synthesis of the prostate, so it is of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of gallstone formation.

Stomach strengthening: In summer, because people like to eat cold food, they often have symptoms such as abdominal distention, abdominal fullness, and bowel sounds after eating.In these cases, you can eat a little ginger, such as eating ginger candy slices, making ginger syrup, and using ginger as a condiment to make soup, etc., which can be relieved.

4.vinegar
Anti-dizziness: If you get motion sickness or seasickness during the journey, you can drink a glass of vinegar and water before departure, which can reduce dizziness.

Relieve fatigue: If you feel tired when traveling, you can add some brewed white vinegar to the bath towel, and it is easy to eliminate fatigue after bathing.

Treatment of foot problems: After long journeys, the feet are prone to blisters, beriberi, tinea toe, corns, and heel pain. Adding some vinegar to the foot washing water can relieve it.Rub the affected area with 20% vinegar, and you can get a certain curative effect; use ebony plums, remove the pits and add a little vinegar, mash them, add some salt, apply to the corns, and wrap them with cloth, once a day, for 3 to 4 days to heal.

Promote sleep: drink a tablespoon of vinegar in a glass of cold water before going to bed, and then you can fall asleep peacefully after a while.

Anti-cold: During the epidemic of colds, you can pour vinegar into a hot pot and smoke with vinegar steam, which can disinfect and sterilize and inhibit the spread of cold bacteria.

Indigestion and achlorhydria: You can consume a small amount of vinegar with each meal, which can help digestion and supplement gastric acid deficiency.

Antiemetic and diarrhea: decoction with vinegar and salt.

To stop the nosebleed, stuff the nostrils with cotton dipped in vinegar.

Anti-inflammation: At the beginning of furunculosis, applying vinegar can reduce inflammation.Anti-intestinal infection: When eating in a restaurant, drink some vinegar first, or wipe bowls and plates with vinegar to disinfect.

Insomnia: Insomnia caused by changes in the accommodation environment, you can drink vinegar with cold boiled water before going to bed, and you can fall asleep quickly.

5.soy sauce

Treatment of burns: You can add an equal amount of white wine to a teaspoon of soy sauce and apply it on the wound, which can quickly relieve pain and swelling.

Treatment of vulvar itching and anal eczema: Heat a piece of green brick or a piece of blue tile, mix with a spoonful of soy sauce and an equal amount of vinegar, pour it on the hot brick tile, fumigate the affected area with hot air, and the effect of relieving itching is good.

Substitute brown sugar for medicine: Pour 150ml (about 100g) of high-quality soy sauce into a hot pot. When the remaining 1/4 of the boil is over, add 0.5kg of white sugar and fry for about 2 minutes. After cooling down, you can use it as brown sugar. .

6. Soybean Oil
Treatment of dry stool and difficult defecation: take 25 ml of soybean oil orally, twice a day, can have a laxative effect, especially for children or patients with habitual constipation.

Treatment of burns: For burns within the second degree, add a small amount of borneol to soybean oil and apply it on the burnt area to reduce swelling and prevent blisters from forming and oozing out.

7. Table salt
Treatment of gastroenteritis: adding some salt to the sugar water can supplement the sodium chloride lost in the body due to diarrhea and vomiting, and it can wash and protect the gastrointestinal mucosa.

Hemorrhoids: Wrap salt in a cloth and apply it to the anus to relieve pain.

In addition to rosacea: wipe the tip of the nose with refined salt powder three times a day, and then cooperate with other drugs to speed up the disappearance of symptoms.
Underarm odor removal: Wipe the underarms with hot salt wrapped in a cloth to remove underarm odor.

Treatment of beriberi and foot odor: take a little salt and boiled eggplant root to soak the feet, which can relieve fatigue, treat athlete's foot and relieve foot odor.

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